Steveawiggins

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• Doppelgängers

  

  Maybe this has happened to you.  Two names get stuck and mixed up in your mind until you consistently can’t tell them apart.  Jeff Bridges and Jeff Daniels are... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Katrina’s Side

  

  Once a story is released, and its copyright expired, it’s free to be re-interpreted. Although there are those that deny it, any reading is a form of... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Natural Wonder

  

  I recently heard a talk about monarch butterflies that left me in awe, once again, of nature.  These remarkable insects have been in the news because of... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• In the Dark

  

  I’ve read several of W. Scott Poole’s books, and each time I read one I want to read another. Dark Carnivals: Modern Horror and the Origins of American Empire i... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Holding Still

  

  For some people today is the start of the “holiday season.”  Thanksgiving begins what often becomes a rush up until Christmas.  Moods tend to be more festive, i... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Religion in the Air

  

  There’s a physicality to it.  Being in Denver, I mean.  My hotel was a mere four blocks from the convention center and the short walk inevitably found me huffin... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Kids’ Stuff?

  

  Do you want to be popular with the kids this Christmas?  Do you want to hear the squeals of pure delight that every mom, dad, aunt, or uncle wants when that... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Reflections of a Hermit

  

  Although I acknowledge that Covid has made even more a hermit of me—I won’t deny it—and I often complain when I have to travel for work, I generally end up... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Day Two

  

  You have your suspicions when you first spot them, but you have to wait to confirm it.  You’re flying in mid-to-late November and they’re concentrated around on... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Remember November

  

  I didn’t get his name.  I could have, because he was wearing a name tag.  I was too busy thinking, “that won’t be me.”  I ended up being wrong about that point. Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Denver Curse

  

  I’m posting this early today because I’m flying to Denver for the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature (AAR/SBL) annual meeting.  At... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Monsters in Common

  

  The thing about monsters is once they’re released they go wild. Antlers is sometimes criticized for cultural appropriation—it takes the wendigo, an American... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• James and John

  

  One of the first questions expectant parents are asked is if they have yet come up with a name for their child.  Quite often, and probably without realizing... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Outside In

  

  Work duties necessitate my attendance at the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature annual meeting, starting Friday, in Denver. Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Dangers of Bookmarks

  

  So you’re a busy person and you don’t always have time to act on something immediately.  Or you have to wait until the next billing cycle to afford something. Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Complications

  

  That string of ten digits becomes your personal identity.  It’s conveyed by a pocket-sized device that’s so expensive you have to pay for it in installments. ... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Deep Life

  

  I have a list, you know. It grows frequently and changes with my moods. It’s a list of movies I want to watch. While I never trained as a movie critic, there... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Finishing the Set

  

  I hope I didn’t leave you hanging too long. Autumn is always such a good time for mood reading that I had a couple of books I wanted to be sure to cram in befor... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Eclipsed

  

  Shooting the moon.  It’s such a simple thing.  Or it should be.  I don’t go out of my way to see lunar eclipses, but I had a front row seat to yesterday’s [I... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Who Bites?

  

  Although I use them, I find genres too constraining. When Parasite first came out in 2019 many people said it was a horror film. Others called it a thriller. A... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY